A Decade Of Kits: the final
This poll has now closed, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning to discover who the winner is…
So here we are: after a month of blogs, over 100 shirts, and over 2,500 votes cast, we’re down to the final three in our search for the best Umbro kit of the past decade. We’ve said enough about each of these finalists already, so all we’ll say now is that you have until midnight on Wednesday to vote for your favourite, with the winner being announced on Christmas Eve. Want your favourite to be voting as Umbro’s kit of the decade? Well get voting!
On 21 Dec 2009, at 2:15 pm Anonymous wrote:
City Kit
On 21 Dec 2009, at 3:54 pm Dan Pewtner wrote:
Defo gonna be the City kit……
CTID.
On 21 Dec 2009, at 8:28 pm Anonymous wrote:
City, naturally. Then the England kit.
On 21 Dec 2009, at 8:40 pm Anonymous wrote:
come on get behind the little clubs. MORECAMBE all the way
On 21 Dec 2009, at 9:03 pm Paul Gamble wrote:
Come on the Shrimps!! Ace looking kit, definately worth a vote! Can’t let the foreign army beat us!!
On 21 Dec 2009, at 9:40 pm Anonymous wrote:
Got 2 b morecambe kit
On 21 Dec 2009, at 9:42 pm Mark baird wrote:
Got 2 b morecambe’s kit
On 21 Dec 2009, at 10:16 pm Woody wrote:
Mighty shrimps!
On 21 Dec 2009, at 11:27 pm Anonymous wrote:
man city have a rubbish kit englands is to plain but morcambe is quite cool !!!
On 21 Dec 2009, at 11:40 pm Holly Carter wrote:
i think Morecambe because i live there, and i know my dad wants me 2 pick it.. but just 2 find him up im going pick Manchester city
On 21 Dec 2009, at 11:41 pm Holly Carter wrote:
I mean * Winding Sorry Lol
On 22 Dec 2009, at 12:18 am tom wrote:
the quality of the city kits is really good, have home and away this season. Best city kits i’ve seen in my generation! Not a fan of england kit!
On 22 Dec 2009, at 4:20 am Anonymous wrote:
For me the Morecambe shirt is the best Umbro shirt to date!! Unfortunately City will win this due to there massive fan base, I am what you would call a neutral fan and can see City winning this purely on fan base rather than the best shirt…Shame if you ask me!!!
On 22 Dec 2009, at 10:07 am courts wrote:
Definately has to be Morecambe, Morecambe supporter all the way
just simply amazing !
And just look at the kit, come on, blue and yellow, awesome.
The other two have boring colours but Morecambe are out there and just so modern
MORECAMBE ALL THE WAY !
;D
On 22 Dec 2009, at 10:40 am lizzie wrote:
CTID IM CTID I KNOW I AM IM SURE I AM IM CTID!!!
On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:05 am mpxoxo wrote:
morecambe, morecambe u ruleeeeeee ;p
On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:36 am GH wrote:
DEFINITELY MORECAMBE – EVEN THO I WORK FOR A RIVAL FIRM TO THE SPONSORS !!!
On 22 Dec 2009, at 8:35 pm Anonymous wrote:
Morecambe
On 22 Dec 2009, at 10:22 pm Dwaine Pipe wrote:
Morecambe.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 8:26 am Anonymous wrote:
Has to be Morecambe, what a cool kit !!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 12:06 pm Robo wrote:
Got to be Morecambe if only to show the bigger clubs that smaller clubs are just as important to the game and can’t rely on mega bucks to survive.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 12:16 pm Burnley Barmy wrote:
Got to be Morecambe. Not as big as City but a lot better run club. Cooler kit too!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 1:31 pm Steve Turner wrote:
Has to be morecambe although i do like the city kit, england kit is nothing special at all.
one of my favourite ever kits is the morecambe one, i love unique style!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 1:44 pm mike wrote:
The Lord can be Wright …….. but only after Rochdale take 3 points!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 2:44 pm ezz wrote:
In terms of kit the Morecambe kit is by far the better design, City have a few million more fans though so chances are they will win, come on you neutrals vote for the right shirt, Shrimps all the way
On 23 Dec 2009, at 3:45 pm Glen Cooper wrote:
I don’t think the City one is even one of their best – nothing special at all. The Morecambe one was a one-off which I really liked. And it was a Wembley winner.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 4:05 pm Somebody you dont know :) wrote:
I think Morecambe
Go on moreca,be get in there
On 23 Dec 2009, at 4:05 pm Mel wrote:
Hmm morecambe
On 23 Dec 2009, at 4:09 pm Tim wrote:
The Morecambe kit is an off-the-peg template and not a particularly good one either. The City kit is the best club kit in the league at the moment and their other current kits are great too (and that’s club allegiences apart), but they are basically variations on a theme of the England kit.
All the work on materials, cut and fit went into that England kit and was then incorporated into the new City kits. The City kits also have an ugly sponsors logo that upsets the pure design ethic of the shirt as a whole (and that’s not to mention the ridiculous current club crest).
The refined crest (without the redundant “England” script that blighted previous shirts), the subtle white star and the barely visable crest and logo on the shorts are master-strokes. Because of all that, I have to say that, in my opinion, it is Umbro’s finest kit this decade.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 4:42 pm Paul Wright wrote:
How can any Man City fan complain about Morecambe as an off the peg template – look at your own kit – oh yeah and how much does it cost to be 6th in the league
On 23 Dec 2009, at 4:56 pm outsider wrote:
The Shrimps all the way, Wembley winning kit after all
On 23 Dec 2009, at 5:25 pm Tim wrote:
Erm, I’m not a City fan Paul (as I noted in my previous post).
The Morcambe kit was basically a generic teamwear kit as worn by lots of other clubs at the time. Nothing stylish or original about it, and if it were not for the fact that a Morcambe forum had picked up on these polls it wouldn’t be in the running.
The poll is supposed to be about which kit design is the best, not who is your favourite team, isn’t it? City certainly aren’t my favourite team, but I think they have a better kit, so it’s not impossible to be objective.
The City kit is not a standard template kit and is not worn by any other club (at least not currently). As for the price of being 6th in the league, I believe it’s somewhere in the region of £250m.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:05 pm Glen Cooper wrote:
That City kit is a very ordinary, mundane kit. ‘Not standard template’? it’s as standard as it’s possible to be in design terms.
The Morecambe one – who else wore that?
It just looks better.
And, if City hadn’t picked up on this on Bluemoon, that wouldn’t have got many votes. If City didn’t have thousands of times as many fans as we have then we wouldn’t have to resort to calling for support on our forum to get a fair contest.
Without the possibility of us marshalling support in this way then we may as well just give up and let the ‘big’ teams win anything that relies on a vote. It’s our only way of fighting back and letting the underdog have a chance so don’t talk about it like it’s a terrible thing, Tim.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:17 pm moonbeam wrote:
got to be city
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:25 pm Bert wrote:
The City kit is massively better than the others. This is the start of world domination.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:28 pm Bertram wrote:
Even if Morcambe win , they’ll never take 250,000 fans to a hill in Blackburn.
C’mon City fans , end 33 years of hurt by putting the first piece of silverware in our cabinet under the new owners.
This could count as our 3rd star !!!!
Ctid
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:36 pm Bertie Magoo wrote:
Bitter b@stards
On 23 Dec 2009, at 6:57 pm bert of stockport wrote:
come on cheshire massive get your votes in.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 7:03 pm G. Cook wrote:
Even if Morcambe come first, we will come 0th, as were moraly better.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 7:13 pm Frank Kappa wrote:
City kit iz da bomb!!!!!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 7:14 pm G. Cook wrote:
Even if Morcambe come 1st, we will come 0th, because were morally better.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 7:35 pm Dimitar Berbatov wrote:
England
On 23 Dec 2009, at 8:31 pm Rob wrote:
How the hell is morecambe winning this. Must be a fix
On 23 Dec 2009, at 8:43 pm Kaka wrote:
City to win. it’s our year
On 23 Dec 2009, at 8:44 pm Curly Watts wrote:
Lazer blue all the way
On 23 Dec 2009, at 8:46 pm tony o'neil wrote:
citys kit with blood on it always looks good….
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:05 pm Anonymous wrote:
Morecambe’s is definitely the best out of the three. you’ve got my vote!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:19 pm peter swaleshair piece wrote:
we’ve got underground heating by economy7
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:20 pm Anonymous wrote:
City’s kit is pretty boring really. don’t like the England kit, so Morecambe for me.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:21 pm Lemon wrote:
Morecambe by a mile, pure class..
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:32 pm Bertie Magoo from Stockport wrote:
Got to be the City one for me. A MASSIVE improvement on the last few kits and added that we have 3 stars over the crest for each time we’ve won the charity shield outright rather than no stars on Morecambe’s or the poxy lone star for a fluked world cup on England’s that makes ours better.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 9:34 pm Simmi wrote:
Just has to be the mighty Morecambe FC. What a team and what a kit!!! Sammy Mac’s Barmy Army!
RIP Christie Park!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:11 pm Roman Bukur wrote:
morecambe
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:35 pm Anonymous wrote:
come on u strimps. don’t let citeh win. scfc x
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:36 pm massive wrote:
morecambe for me
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:36 pm Mark Hughes wrote:
The result of this vote has already been decided.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:38 pm bob wrote:
got to be morecambe. Citeh’s is awful. scfc x
On 23 Dec 2009, at 10:52 pm Christie the cat wrote:
MORECAMBE – Home of real football
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:04 pm Irish Devil wrote:
Got to be the Morcambe one because Citeh are shit and they will never win anything even though they are richer than us and can buy any players. I hate Citeh I don’t know why anyone would support them because they never win anything and what’s the point supporting a team that doesn’t win trophies. Can’t wait till the semis when Gary Neville has Robinho, Wright-Phillips and Bellamy in his pocket. Will be cheering the mighty reds on from my home. Come on Man U we are the best!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:05 pm Ye Olde Hamiltonian wrote:
It’s a WISE choice voting for Morecambe.I was speaking to a full family of City fans in Lanzarote 3 weeks ago who were saying the quality wasn’t as great as expected.
Thing is,the parents and 3 kids all had the full strip on.I thought it was only Celtic/Rangers fans who were like this,so it came as a surprise.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:06 pm k freear wrote:
Has to be Morecambe’s winning Wembley kit-no question about it!!!!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:08 pm Man U Forever wrote:
Man U > England and City are Shitty. Darren Flethcer best player in the world
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:09 pm Pete Boyle wrote:
If anyone needs a last minute xmas present PM me for a CD
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:13 pm Anonymous wrote:
Morecambe!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:16 pm Anonymous wrote:
morecambe defo
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:23 pm Cantona 7 wrote:
Can’t let Citeh win this! They’re gonna win nothing lol! I can’t wait till we play them in the semi-finals I’m gonna be cheering on the Red Devils at home with my Man U kit and Man U coffee mug!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:33 pm Kippax wrote:
No Contest. City all the way, despite THAT LOT trying to hijack the vote. Where’s their kit by the way?
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:34 pm helen bell wrote:
Ha, ha, ha not a manure shirt in sight! This just goes to show the glory days of the swamp are over! They’ve conned refs for twenty years but even the FA can’t arrange for them to win this.
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:35 pm WythenshaweRED wrote:
They won the Umbro kit of the decade award COS cITY ARE A MASSIVE CLUB!!!!!
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:40 pm WythenshaweRED wrote:
They got beat by Morecambe in the umbro awards COS cITY ARE A MASSIVE CLUB!!!!! either way it tickles me like Peter Swailes or Franny Lee…MANCHESTER UNITED RUINED YOUR LIFE
On 23 Dec 2009, at 11:54 pm CAPTAIN SPARKLE wrote:
it has to be Morecambe!
Remember the joy that our Eric has given!!
He would be proud.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:05 am Dean wrote:
City. Hands down. Best made shirt I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:06 am Ash Vegas wrote:
Morecambe Kit looks cool
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:10 am filli wrote:
man city r gays lol
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:12 am Mark Hughes wrote:
VOTE MORECAMBE
Blue t&@s
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:23 am G. Cook wrote:
Does the Morcambe kit, compliment a snazzy tash?
Thought not!!!
CTID
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:33 am Mary Hughes wrote:
Vote MORECAMBE city are sailing a sinking ship – and the MORECAMBE strip looked magnificent at Wembley
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:35 am AmsterdamSausageJockey wrote:
I love doing my mate hard from the rear in his laser blue….city til I’m up to my wrist in it! xXx
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:44 am CROYDON_RED wrote:
Who are Morecambe? never heard ov em, citeh shirt is nasty. Man U’s shirt shits on dem all, the AIG sponsorship iz fuckin ace, makes it look well better, got my new ryan rooney shirt last week, it’s bad!”!! anyway got onto this site of red cafe, a place where me n me felow cockney’s can talk all fings MAN U. SAFE.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:48 am Gary Cook wrote:
There is a conspirie theory against us.
how are we not winning this ? we should be winning every thing we enter.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:48 am Rob wrote:
Umm maybe there isnt a Man Utd shirt on here because they get there shirts made by Nike and this is for Umbro.
Just a thought.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:51 am Roberto Mancini wrote:
Sowy my engliz iz bad. It take it de City shirt iz se white one ? why haz no fuka voted for it ?
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:52 am Lynn Ratcliffe wrote:
The Man City shirt is better because it is unique…..
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:58 am peter swaleshair piece wrote:
agent hughes your job is done come in….
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:03 am Michael Barrymore wrote:
ETIHAD = UNITED
IN 76 OH THIS IS TRUE
A TROPHY WAS WON BY A TEAM IN BLUE
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THAT DAY
SO WE’LL SING THEM A SONG THAT THEY F**KING HATE
33 YEARS 33 YEARS 33 YEARS
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:04 am Jordan Clarke wrote:
Manchester City’s kit is fantastic
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:10 am brighton_RED_since_99 wrote:
cum on boiz get fukin votin for MORECAMBE, whover dey ar, dont want citeh or fuckin england to win. Us reds HATE England coz we’re fuckin mean, were that mean we wear all black like nun’s, da best fing bout bein a red dow, away days mate, kickin fuk outta scoucers wit me fellow brightin boiz, who gives a fuk if none of us r mancz, theyre twats anyway MAN U BOIZ WE ARE HERE, SHAG UR WOMEN AN DRINK UR BEER WIV A NIK NAK PADDY WACK GIVE A CAT A PHONE WHY DONT CIDEH FUCK OFF HOME!!!!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:11 am Pete wrote:
Fuck off you obsessed rag twats. cockney nobs.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:08 am FUCK MAN CITY, YOU CANT BUY CLASS wrote:
bring me fucking sunshine you cock jockeys
COME ON YOU REDS
COME ON YOU REDS
WE’RE MORECAMBE
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:09 am sammy mac wrote:
MORECAMBE
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:10 am you can't buy class, man shitty wrote:
Go on you shrimps
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:12 am eric not ernie wrote:
bring me sunshine
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:27 am redical wrote:
Why didn’t Manchester United in side the top 3? I am very very very sure we have a Umbro shirt after 2000.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:49 am Pete wrote:
City.. by a mile
On 24 Dec 2009, at 3:22 am Al Pacino wrote:
Etihad = UNITY
Typical cockney red that knows fook all. Support your local team you weak cant.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 5:09 am gail wrote:
definately Morecambe
On 24 Dec 2009, at 6:01 am Azman wrote:
Manchester City’s kit is just pure class.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 7:13 am Bertie magoo wrote:
OMG citehs kit it to die for! and so bang on trend, when we wear it, its like having a one goal start!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 8:31 am Matt Halliday wrote:
Citys kit is the best, it is beautiful. England follows.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 9:47 am Jamie Pollock wrote:
I wish city had that kit when I played at Maine Rd, it would of showed off my curves very nicely!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 10:23 am Paul Lake would've been massive wrote:
I’ll bum Curly Watts with a big plastic banana if we win!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 11:08 am Lewis N wrote:
Comeeeeeeeeeeeeee on Morecambe dont let these city glory hunters win!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 11:46 am Peter wrote:
Morecambe all the way !
On 24 Dec 2009, at 11:46 am There's only one Sharpestini!! wrote:
Come on Shrimp’s!!! Morecambe’s kit has to win, it’s by far the best one here.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:10 pm curly watts wrote:
as much as it pains me, england are a massive club and for that reason and because im a trout, i’ll vote for the city of england
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:12 pm thaksin frank sinatra wrote:
morecambe in your town of happiness
On 24 Dec 2009, at 12:57 pm crinion wrote:
as a fashion guru MORECAMBE is by far the best kit ,by a country mile
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:09 pm Bert wrote:
Tip-toe, through the Kippax…….
Citeh is massive!
On 24 Dec 2009, at 2:59 pm Fraser wrote:
morecambe
On 24 Dec 2009, at 4:03 pm Singapore Johnny-Come-Lately wrote:
A finks the morecambe kit is the bestest.
What is Manchester City? Is this the shopping centre?
On 24 Dec 2009, at 4:36 pm seba wrote:
City kit is the best one
On 24 Dec 2009, at 4:44 pm jezlicnik wrote:
Is morecambe a country or a group B manchester united club? I never hear this morecambe.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 5:23 pm Nathan wrote:
That Morecambe kit will go down in history.
On 24 Dec 2009, at 10:39 pm sam crinion wrote:
Morecambe
On 24 Dec 2009, at 11:41 pm James Sidderley wrote:
Man city’s by a mile !
On 28 Dec 2009, at 12:49 pm Jenni Boyd wrote:
morecambe kit for sure
On 1 Jan 2010, at 12:18 am A S wrote:
Morecambe, Morecambe all the way!! Morecmabe to win. Morecambe is on the map!!
On 15 Jan 2010, at 6:51 pm Ryan wrote:
Morecambe, Morecambe, and er…Morecambe.
On 9 Feb 2010, at 2:26 pm Rafael wrote:
Message in Portuguese:
Gostaria de registrar minha reclamação com relação a atenção enorme dada pela Umbro aos grandes, e enquanto isso, o time de minha cidade sofre com a falta de camisas no mercado. Uma pena, pois gerou grande decepção com a marca. Eis o site de meu time:
http://www.saojoseec.com.br
Certo de alguma atenção:
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